Ammonium nitrate as fertilizer is a bringer of life. But it has certain properties that also can make it a bringer of death, as appears to have happened in the Beirut explosion, which has marked ...

The original buyers of the ammonium nitrate that was left at Beirut’s port have told CNN that it had been bought for use in mining.

Finally Starts Regulating Sales Of Ammonium Nitrate By Robert Johnson 2011-08-03T10:05:00Z ...

Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...